Founders: The Cost of Growth

Building a company

Founders: The Cost of Growth is a PC business simulation about growing a company from a single-car garage into a corporation. You make decisions month by month, balancing prices, marketing, hiring, investment and financing. Growth takes money, and a profitable business can still run out of cash.

Customers may pay late while taxes and loan payments come due on schedule. You can use overdrafts, apply for bank loans based on your credit rating, or take investment from a business angel in exchange for a share of the company. Optional accounting reports show the balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow, with figures that can be traced through the monthly report.